Well I sat down to watch this film not knowing whether to expect a historical re-telling, a horror or a comedy. In the end I think it had a bit of everything. There was murders, ghosts, science, fiction, reality, myth and fantasy all rolled up in to one big confusing ball!
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Book Of Revelation is a story of sex betrayal and obsession. Daniel (Tom Long) is a ... more
successful dancer and along with his partner and lover Bridget (Anna Torv) the toast of the dance world. But Tom is arrogant and his ego is often his biggest stumbling block to greatness or so claims his long time mentor and artistic director Isabel (Greta Scacchi)... Walking down an alley he is met by three cloaked and hooded women and is soon sedated and bundled into a van only to wake up in a deserted warehouse chained to the floor. Tom is now the puppet and sexual toy of his captors. Twelve days later he is discarded... Haunted by the images of his sexual tormentors Tom becomes obsessed with erotic conquest drugs and violence - whatever the personal and social cost.
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Production Year: 1976 - Drama - Director: Herbert Wise - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Brian Blessed, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips, David Robb, Patrick Stewart, Fiona Walker
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Well acted, interesting version of biblical history Disadvantages: Completely impossible to follow plot
Well I sat down to watch this film not knowing whether to expect a historical re-telling, a horror or a comedy. In the end I think it had a bit of everything. There was murders, ghosts, science, fiction, reality, myth and fantasy all rolled up in to one big confusing ball!
By the end of the film, I still don't know what the hell it was about!
I'll try and sum up the plot in as short a space as I can, as it was really ... ...guy looking for a box, he claims he wants to destroy it before "The Order" get their hands on it. We don't find out why until he gives his son a bottle of Luminol (this kind of gives it away to me - and my guess turned out to be right by the end - note I've a degree in Forensics, so it kinda spoiled the film..)
Anyways his son, and a alchemist bugger off around the world following religious clues using the world's smartest ... more
Well I sat down to watch this film not knowing whether to expect a historical re-telling, a horror or a comedy. In the end I think it had a bit of everything. There was murders, ghosts, science, fiction, reality, myth and fantasy all rolled up in to one big confusing ball!
By the end of the film, I still don't know what the hell it was about!
I'll try and sum up the plot in as short a space as I can, as it was really illogical in parts.
Basically we have a guy looking for a box, he claims he wants to destroy it before "The Order" get their hands on it. We don't find out why until he gives his son a bottle of Luminol (this kind of gives it away to me - and my guess turned out to be right by the end - note I've a degree in Forensics, so it kinda spoiled the film..)
Anyways his son, and a alchemist bugger off around the world following religious clues using the world's smartest computer which manages to find a box somewhere in Greece, via Malta, using clues which no-one other than the two characters could have solved!
Where the ghosts I mentioned earlier came in, I have no idea, they were in it for a few seconds, then disappeared without ever being mentioned again... at least I think they were ghosts, it reminded me a bit of the army that saves the day in LOTR.
I'll give the director a bunch of credit for managing to make a semi-watchable film out of the most non-sensical script I've ever seen. His name is Stuart Urban, a British man who has only really worked for the BBC before making programmes for television including a Panorama episode "Blair vs Blair". In fact, I take back the credit I gave him, as it turns out that he wrote this heap of nonsense!
Now the cast, they did a decent job making this better than it deserved to be, albeit it still wasn't enough to make you know what the fuck was actually going on!
Natasha Wightman .... Mira (Valerie in V for Vendetta, well she seems to have done alright for herself) Udo Kier .... The Grand Master (appeared in almost 200 things, mostly bit-parts) James D'Arcy .... Jake Martel (ain't done much of note) Terence Stamp .... Magnus Martel (From Superman II, which has recently been re-released)
Time: It runs for nearly 2 hours, so prepare yourself for a long period of confusion. Rating: Well it's a 15, I have no idea why for most of it, but then Mira gets her tits out, for reasons which only she can explain.
I'd give this 2 stars, as it was entertaining enough, despite me having no clue what was going on!
Price if for some reason you wish to put yourself through this, or maybe buy as a gift for someone you don't really like...
Advantages: Clever idea Disadvantages: The movie thinks its far too clever for its own good
rather good about Book Of Revelations, however rather like the title and the movie itself; it will be a revelation if I ever figure out what exactly it is.
The recently released DVD has no special features.
Spencer Hawken 08/08 ...
Advantages: Decent animation and voice-acting Disadvantages: Lacking development, DVD is devoid of features
for the front cover appears to have been scanned before being printed - all in low resolution settings - it's that bad. The DVD is lacking, with only previews of other Manga OAVs making up the features. The text speak in the Chapter Selection screen can only make this DVD feel rushed.
At around 55 minutes long, it's not difficult to see where the problems with Tokyo Revelation lie. The film moves at such a pace there's no time to question or explain anything, let alone develop its characters. As such, you are unable to feel for the characters, and considering the turn of events, when the credits come rolling it feels like such a wasted opportunity.
I thought the animation was alright. Characters appeared inconsistent at times and the film conveniently uses stills to show Ose's henchman, Gakison, as being able to speak without moving, despite ...
Advantages: brilliant story and special effects Disadvantages: colin baker is'nt the real hero of the story
nicola bryant (peri), terry molloy (davros),eric saward (writer) graeme harper (director)
REVELATION EXHUMED cast and crew in a look back at the making of the story.
CGI EFFECTS the option to watch this story with some of the original effects replaced with new CGI versions
DELETED SCENES three short scenes not used in the finished story
OPTIONAL DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND a mix of sound created especially for the dvd version
PHOTO GALLERY
BITS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW
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ASPECT RATIO = 4.3
MAIN SOUND-TRACK = ENGLISH,DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1
DISC FORMAT = DVD9
FEATURE LENGTH = 89 MINS APPROX
REGION = 2+4 COLOUR PAL UK
SUBTITLES = ENGLISH FOR HARD OF HEARING
RATED PG
WHAT I THOUGHT OF THE STORY
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I think this story is one the best I have seen of the older doctors and the story is ...
The son of a billionaire mogul teams up with an alchemist to unravel the mysteries of the Loculus. But the evil Grand Master intends to claim the enigmatic box for himself.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PRISM LEISURE
Release date
28/07/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
PPA 1440
Barcode
5014293144056
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Theatrical Trailer, Alchemy Documentary, Making Of Revelation Documentary, The Chapel, The Tomb And The Templars, Bringing Heaven To Earth, A Mixture Of Magic, Iconography
Aspect Ratio
2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital English
DVD Description
For thousands of years spiritualists, numerologists, and all interested in mystical forces upon the future have sought the ancient relic the Loculus. As a secret society slaughters groups of people in search of the artifact, the Loculus turns up in the back of a camper in the year 2001. A billionaire (Terence Stamp) seeks to obtain the relic, aided by his son (James D'Arcy) and an alchemist (Natasha Wightman). Their search is not solitary, a fact they discover by meeting the Grand Master (Udo Kier), a demonic being who has wondered the Earth since Christ's crucifixion. One of many interesting films to arrive at the turn of the century depicting a journey for a code with the key to the future. Steeped in myth and legend, the film possesses a great meditative power and culminates in a battle between two acting legends in Kier and Stamp, whose similar features provide a perfect counterpoint.
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